Yarrabee

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- 10 hectares
A recreation site and dedicated wildlife sanctuary

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Sharon Murray is the owner of Yarrabee, a property situated in Hoddles Creek, approximately 55km east of Melbourne, Victoria. The property is used for recreation as well as for a dedicated wildlife sanctuary, and it is Sharon’s intent to regenerate half of the property to provide improved habitat for local wildlife. Sharon wishes to maintain the conservation values of the property to supplement habitat provided by the adjoining state park.

The property covers approximately 4.05 hectares of paddocks as well as three areas of bushland adjoining the Kurth Kiln Regional Park. Native trees are planted along the fence lines and a creek intersects part of the property. A large pond and a converted swimming pool provide habitat and breeding grounds for a range of native frog species. The dominant vegetation types present are eucalypts, wattles (Acacia spp.) and tea trees (Leptospemum spp.).

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About Us

In 2007 Humane Society International launched the Wildlife Land Trust (WLT) Australia in an effort to preserve and protect our vital native habitats and the animals that depend on them, in a network of sanctuaries both throughout the country and internationally.

Working under the guiding principle of "humane stewardship", the WLT protects not only vast and impressive landscapes but also the smaller, humbler places that provide for the needs of all wildlife, rare and common species alike.